دهن dahan P s. m. Mouth.

دهرتا धर्त्ता dhartā S s. m. A debtor.

دهناسري dhanāsrī धनेश्वरी S̱. s. f. The name of a rāginī or musical mode.

دهارا धारा dhārā S s. f. A stream, a current. S. دهارن धारण (r. धृ Hold, bear) dhāraṇ, ver- bal n. s. Holding, bearing, sustaining, upholding, assuming, keeping. See دهارنا dhārnā.

درياٴي daryā-ī P adj. Of the sea or river.

دري darī P s. f. 1. A small carpet. 2. A dialect of the Persian language, the origin and pecu- liarities of which are variously defined by Persian lexicographers. Some alledge its distinctive mark to be when the form of the word is com- plete, without contraction; as bugo, ishkam, Darī; go and shikam, Pārsī. Others make it the dialect of a certain district, comprehending Balkh, Bukhārā, Badakhshān, Marū-Shāh-Jān, and Bāmiyān. The name is by some said to be derived from dara, a valley among hills; which corresponds with its origin in Badakh- shān and the mountainous part of Kandhār. Others assert that it was spoken at the court of the monarchs of the Kaiānian dynasty, and derive the name from dar a gate or dargāh a

دهوتا dhotā धूर्त्त S̱. adj. False, treacherous, perfidious.

دهندهلاٴي dhundh-lāʼī S̱. s. f. Dimness, cloudiness, mistiness.

دفعته dafʼaﻌta A. adv. See دفعتا dafʼaﻌtā.

دوونشت द्विविंशति dwivinshati S adj. Twenty two.